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Unless you’ve been under a rock or living in a cave, you’ve heard of the flap over Sony Pictures release of the new film The Interview starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. The comedy centers on a plan to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.

“The Interview” has been released despite threats. (Credit: techcrunch)

Hackers from North Korea not only broke into the email accounts of Sony executives and leaked the results, they also posted threats of violence against theaters that showed the film. Sony executives decided to pull the picture, but has since made The Interview available through other venues. Read more →

Protecting your computer from viruses will save you plenty of time and stress. (Credit: Georgy Papantoniou)

Imagine this. You’re off campus, doing research on Questia on your laptop in a local café. You get an email notification and see you have a message from UPS. The email is related to a customer support issue and has what looks like a PDF attached. You open it. Suddenly, you see a pop-up demanding a ransom to decrypt your computer’s files. Sound scary? It could be – and several news stations have been hit with the virus, called the crypto locker virus, the cryptolocker virus, or just the crypto virus, a type of malware known as ransomware. This is one of the latest versions of scary attacks on computers – so read on to find out how to keep your computer safe from hackers. Read more →